Free Speech for Government Employees Free Speech for Government Employees
A case being heard this month will likely define the free speech rights of federal employees and so determine the quality of people who will make up our government.
Nov 28, 2011 / Peter Van Buren
Dealing with Pakistan: No Alternative Dealing with Pakistan: No Alternative
Ending the war without civil war in Afghanistan means getting Pakistan on board.
Nov 28, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Gingrich and Romney Endorsements Are Based on False Assumptions Gingrich and Romney Endorsements Are Based on False Assumptions
Newspaper editorial boards from Wall Street to Manchester, NH, have started backing leading Republicans—but their underlying facts are wrong.
Nov 28, 2011 / Ben Adler
Pepper-Spray Cop Begets Pepper-Spray Shopper Pepper-Spray Cop Begets Pepper-Spray Shopper
And the 1 percent is pleased.
Nov 27, 2011 / Leslie Savan
An Open Letter and Pledge of Non-Violence to UC President Mark Yudof from the Founder of Occupy Colleges An Open Letter and Pledge of Non-Violence to UC President Mark Yudof from the Founder of Occupy Colleges
Isn't it bad enough that they keep raising our tuitions and lowering our quality of education? Now they want to beat us into submission. These tactics will not work.
Nov 25, 2011 / StudentNation / Natalia Abrams
Occupy Everywhere: On the New Politics and Possibilities of the Movement Against Corporate Power Occupy Everywhere: On the New Politics and Possibilities of the Movement Against Corporate Power
What are the possibilities the Occupy Movement can achieve or inspire? Where is its place in the history of progressive movement in this country?
Nov 25, 2011 / Press Room
‘Dear Jenny: I Fired Your Mom and Put You to Work to Help You “Rise.” Love, Newt’ ‘Dear Jenny: I Fired Your Mom and Put You to Work to Help You “Rise.” Love, Newt’
Yes! A new ad campaign rips Gingrich’s cruel proposal to fire janitors and replace them with child labor.
Nov 25, 2011 / John Nichols
Berkeley Faculty: No Confidence in Chancellor Over Campus Police Violence Berkeley Faculty: No Confidence in Chancellor Over Campus Police Violence
Linking arms, the chancellor said, “is not non-violent.”
Nov 25, 2011 / Jon Wiener
Thanks for What? Thanks for What?
On this Thanksgiving we have been cheated of the bounty of the harvest as one in three Americans descends into poverty.
Nov 24, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Why the Pepper Spray Spree Should End Why the Pepper Spray Spree Should End
A health risk assessment required by California state law was never completed, but that hasn’t stopped police from using the weapon against thousands of citizens, including t...
Nov 23, 2011 / Tom Hayden